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From Old Norse bál (fire), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (light, bright).

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bål n (singular definite bålet, plural indefinite bål)

  1. fire, bonfire, pyre

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Norwegian Bokmål

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From Old Norse bál.

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bål n (definite singular bålet, indefinite plural bål, definite plural båla or bålene)

  1. a bonfire

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Old Norse bál.

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bål n (definite singular bålet, indefinite plural bål, definite plural båla)

  1. a bonfire

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Swedish

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ett bål (sense 1)
 
en bål (sense 1)
 
en bål (sense 1)

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse bál (fire), from Proto-Germanic *bēlą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (light, bright).

Noun

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bål n

  1. pyre, bonfire
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse bolr (bole), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (to swell up). Doublet of boll, bula, and bulle. Cognate of English bole, German Bohle (thick plank).

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bål c

  1. (anatomy) torso
  2. (botany) bole (trunk or stem of a tree)
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Declension of bål
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bål båls
definite bålen bålens
plural indefinite bålar bålars
definite bålarna bålarnas
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Etymology 3

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From English bowl.

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bål c

  1. punch (fruity drink served in a punch bowl)
  2. a punch bowl
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